Red Banner issue 44 out now

national | anti-capitalism | other press Thursday June 23, 2011 09:39 by Red Banner red_banner at yahoo dot com PO Box 6587, Dublin 6

Issue 44 of Red Banner is available now
€2 / £1.50 from bookshops or the address above

The vote changes nothing: the struggle continues
Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh offers a view of the political landscape for the left following February’s election

SOCIALIST CLASSICS George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
75 years after the Spanish revolution, Kevin Higgins discusses a celebrated account by a well-known participant

An teaghlach naofa?
Scagann Sinéad Nic Íomhair an fhírinne ón bhfinscéal chun amharc ar ionad an teaghlaigh sa saol caipitleach

“All workers, all women, divided by our own near-sightedness”: The journalism of Delia Larkin
James Curry looks at the neglected writings of a central figure in organising working women in the Irish trade union movement

The Hidden Connolly
In articles never published since his death, James Connolly discusses trade unionism and elections

Fat cats and free rides
A poem by Philip Loyd